How to make a purple bamboo bonsai in the latest style? Doing it this way is super artistic!

Selecting Materials

This is the first step, and also a key step. If you cannot even choose it well, you will certainly not be able to create a very good work. We had best choose those robust purple bamboos with beautiful plant form; those sickly plants definitely will not do.

Dwarfing

There are mainly three methods for this step, introduced one by one below.

The first is propagation dwarfing. The specific method is: bury the plant's bamboo rhizome in the soil, then cover it with about five to ten cm of soil, and then pay attention to controlling humidity. In this way, the bamboo after growing up is much shorter than normal, and it looks very elegant and graceful, with a kind of beautiful temperament.

The second is shoot-sheath dwarfing. We may have observed such a phenomenon: when we peel off its outer sheath, its internodes accordingly become shorter. This method also proceeds according to this step; when the plant grows to about twenty cm, it can be carried out. Once the internodes become shorter, the plant as a whole becomes shorter.

The third is using chemicals. We can choose to spray during the plant's vigorous growth period to inhibit it, or we can do it by injection; the effects are both quite good.

Transplanting and Management

After the previous step, it can be transplanted, but at this time it is not directly put into a pot, but rather into an outdoor environment close to the pot.

Next, we can prune the plant, which can avoid too many branches and leaves consuming excessive nutrients, and can also make our bonsai look better.

Then it is formally transplanted into a pot. We should choose a pot with good drainage performance, and the time had best be chosen in late spring.

After transplanting, it is management. It cannot lack light or water, and some manure or cake fertilizer should also be applied.